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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2020-09-14 22:49:06 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2020-09-21 23:05:38 +0200
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environment: '--link-profile' uses ~/.guix-profile for environment variables.
Before this patch, we had: $ guix environment -CP --ad-hoc coreutils [env]$ echo $PATH /gnu/store/…-profile/bin [env]$ echo $GUIX_ENVIRONMENT /gnu/store/…-profile After this patch: $ guix environment -CP --ad-hoc coreutils [env]$ echo $PATH /home/ludo/.guix-profile/bin [env]$ echo $GUIX_ENVIRONMENT /home/ludo/.guix-profile * guix/scripts/environment.scm (launch-environment/container): When LINK-PROFILE? is true, pass ~/.guix-profile as the second argument to 'launch-environment'. * tests/guix-environment-container.sh: Adjust test accordingly. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix environment): Update accordingly.
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@@ -5420,8 +5420,9 @@ device.
@item --link-profile
@itemx -P
For containers, link the environment profile to @file{~/.guix-profile}
-within the container. This is equivalent to running the command
-@samp{ln -s $GUIX_ENVIRONMENT ~/.guix-profile} within the container.
+within the container and set @code{GUIX_ENVIRONMENT} to that.
+This is equivalent to making @file{~/.guix-profile} a symlink to the
+actual profile within the container.
Linking will fail and abort the environment if the directory already
exists, which will certainly be the case if @command{guix environment}
was invoked in the user's home directory.